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Plans for the Utilization of Plutonium to be Recovered at the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant

March
15,
2010
FEPC

Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. (JNFL) has been performing active tests at the Rokkasho
Reprocessing Plant (RRP) since March 2006 using spent fuel. These
tests result in the separation of plutonium as a product of reprocessing. The
Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan (FEPC) is announcing the Japanese
electric utilities’ plans to utilize plutonium in FY 2010 as attached, in the
interests of transparency.

According to the paper entitled “Concerning the Basic Position on Japan’s
Use of Plutonium” decided by the Atomic Energy Commission of Japan (AEC) on
August 5, 2003, each utility shall announce a "Plutonium Utilization Plan"
for its share of the plutonium to be recovered at RRP. In addition, in
the “Framework for Nuclear Energy Policy” decided by the AEC on October 11,
2005 and resolved by the Cabinet on October 14, 2005, the utilities are expected
to announce their plans for the utilization of plutonium in an appropriate manner.

The Japanese electric power companies will make continued efforts to carry
out the programs for utilization of plutonium in light water reactors (the pluthermal
programs) as early as possible, and seeks to carry them out at 16 to 18 nuclear
reactors across the country by FY 2015 at the latest when the MOX Fuel Fabrication
Plant is scheduled to come on line.

In the early stage of the pluthermal programs, the electric power companies
are planning to use MOX fuel manufactured overseas by using plutonium recovered
from overseas reprocessing. Once the Rokkasho MOX fuel fabrication plant commences
operation, plutonium recovered at RRP will also be used in due course.